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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1891
Page
2
A mix of verse on a river and notes from The Chehalem Valley Times. It covers local poetry by Bam L. Simpson, regional exchanges, and brief items on agriculture, hunting, and train activity, plus commentary on Oregon politics and business moves in Portland and Rogue River Valley.
The article discusses Standard Oil’s move to water every gallon of oil, a note on dim lamp light, then reports a Mason county timber section on the Satsop river with an estimated 40,000,000 to 100,000,000 feet of fir. It notes future land value if a railroad arrives and observes codlin moth concerns, theft of relief funds for Russian Jews, and a Russian incendiary rhetoric incident in the East.
Freshman Jesse Bowman from Madison was subjected to a masked hazing attempt by twenty or more students at Hanover college. Bowman resisted and was strangled with a rope before Rev. Chamberlain intervened. He plans to punish his assailants, while the faculty face ongoing investigation.
The piece argues sympathy for prisoners is misplaced as inmates endure harsh penalties. It notes one man cut his hand to avoid work yet must serve time dragging iron in the yard. The author defends strict rules as necessary for those who chose confinement and deserve little pity upon departure.
The piece condemns able bodied freeloaders who refuse work and rely on public aid, labeling them parasitic and arguing the state should compel self-support, even for those who have broken laws and become public charges. It urges harsh treatment of those exploiting the system and supports stricter penitentiary management.
In October 1812, the narrator rode with Robert Shortess and others from the Wheatland region to the Chehalem valley. They traversed open prairie land, crossed the Willamette via a Wheatland ferry, and visited Sidney Smith at Chehalem where Ewing Young's estate was managed. The journey noted early Oregon settlement and lack of newspapers, with personal details about land, cattle herds, and the first white child born west of the Willamette. The account ends with settling on the Wheatland farm in 1815 and harvesting Oregon wheat in 1814.
A garbled notice mentions a supposed Virginia product called Positive and Negative Electric Lint with claims it cures neuralgia rheumatism headache sprains burns and other pains. The fragment references prices and a vendor Moore & cost slaw, but text is incoherent.
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